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🛡️ CVE-2008-5644 — cms-backend

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

TYPO3 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the file backend module

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file backend module in TYPO3 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

Weakness class

CVE-2008-5644 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2008-5644 is recorded against 1 package.

  • typo3/cms-backend (from 4.2.2 up to 4.2.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 9 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
typo3.org (Web)

Other advisories for this package

typo3/cms-backend has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-02-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
typo3/cms-backend 4.2.2 4.2.3

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